Improvement in attachments for sewing-machines



UNITED STATES HERMAN MOSGHCOWITZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.'

IMPROVEMENT lN ATTACHMENTS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,557, dated August1, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN MoscHcoWITz, of the city, county, and Stateof NewYork, have invented an Improved Attachment for Sewing- Machines,of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists in making an attachment for sewing-machines whichwill turn a fold, and stitch it upon the edge of material, and place thestitches on the under side so that they will not show upon the rightside, and give the appearance of a fold or binding of the same material,and also capable of putting on a fold of separate material (either thesame goods or different goods) upon the edge of material and leave thestitches covered or so .placed as not to show upon the right side. Thisis accomplished by so shaping the attachment as to make an eXtra turnupon one side after turning all the edges within the material or fold insuch manner as to conceal them, and laying the fold back so as to keepthe stitches from view on the right side.

In the drawing, Figure l shows a front-end view of the attachment No. l,Fig. 2, a top or plan view; Fig. 3, a front view showing the solidchannel. Fig. 4 is a front-end view of attach- `ment No. 2, having a lipon one side only.

A is the arm by which theattachment is secured upon the bed-plate of asewing-machine. B is the shell or scroll within which the material iscontrolled and guided into the desired shape.

cc are lips by which the material is guided to the 4in that position theedge is stitched, and, when completed, the fold is turned into place,and thus the stitches are not shown upon the right side of the goods. Tomake a fold of different or separate material upon a dress-flounce, thefold is cut and the edge of the Ilounce to which it is to be attached isinserted at the same time at E, on the lower side of the scroll, and asthe material is fed forward to the needle the edges of the fold areturned in upon the iiounce, which is itself turned in and presented tothe action of the needle upon its side, and the three double edges arestitched together as they lie folded between each other; and when thefold is folded back and pressed down it is a fold that does not show thestitches upon the face of the goods. the material itself, I use theattachment, Fig. 4, having but one lip, and pass the goods into theattachment at E, passing in enough to reach the stitches are inserted.The fold being laid on the side, the stitches are placed through theedges of all the turns, by which last turn the stitches are not shownupon the right side after the fold is smoothed down to its place. Thedifference in the attachments, Figs. l and 4, is principally in one ofthem having two lips, c c, and the other one having but one lip, and thedifference between them and all others is that the ridge or channel inthe scroll is whole, or not open for receiving the material, butcontinuous or solid in the channel E, and also by inserting the materialupon the lower side opening D, by which features the fold is laid orfolded upon the side, thus making an entire new kind of trimming bymeans of the sewing-machine.

I claim- A sewing-machine attachment, formed and shaped as shown, withthe opening or entrance upon the side, having a solid or closed channel,D, as shown, in combination with the lip or lips c, for the purpose setforth.

Witnesses: H. MOSGHCOWITZ.

GEO. H. CoLLvINs, JOHN W. RIPLEY.

To make a fold or

